What am I doing wrong?

[Sharkmenace]

I added a behavior that rotates one of the cubes and it works fine. so what am I doing wrong?

[Sharkmenace]

Oh, by the way the count is always 0

[necromanthus]

"a simple .w3d sprite imported from Carrara" (???)
Sprite represents a reference to a Shockwave 3D cast member.
So drag the W3D member into the stage and you'll get a 3D sprite.
Select that sprite on the stage and "right mouse click / Script ...".
Insert your script there, launch the movie,open the message window and you'll
see the (right) result.

Anyway, this method is a waste of time ...
Open the "Object Inspector" window, drag the W3D member there and you'll find
a lot of useful informations.
cheers

[Sharkmenace]

Thanks, Necro. Actually this was just a test to get familiar with Lingo and 3D
since I'm new to Director and reading through the help books. My script is in a
looping frame. Does it have to be dropped onto the 3D sprite? The sprite is on
the stage. The pre-written behavior that I dropped onto the sprite displays all
the objects in the 3D scene. but my script deoesnt seem to be detecting the
sprite that I have simply named "group" from cast member "boxsphere". so just
to clarity, does the script have to be embedded in the sprite on the score?

I know this stuff is so simple for you guys. but frustrating for a beginner.
--Thanks again--

[necromanthus]

behavior and frame script are two different things.
All you have to do is to click on the "Help" button ...
cheers

[Sharkmenace]

Originally posted by: necromanthus
behavior and frame script are two different things.
aah. yeah. maybe you should read my post again I am speaking of two different
things.

All you have to do is to click on the "Help" button ...
cheers
yeah. "Help Books" = help button
um. Thanks but no thanks. Sorry to bother. I'll figure it out.

[hondo3000]

your code should work, but are you sure your 3dmember is in sprite channel 1 ?

may be you can use:
trace(sprite("group").member.model.count)
if you named the sprite.

i had a test and your code should work. upload the file and we can have a
look, maybe there is something strange about the carrara exporter?

[Sharkmenace]

I am doing exactly as you wrote. I think you're very right, there might be
something strange about the exporter. But since the behavior that comes with
director has access to all the models and model resources to manipulate them
then there must be a way I will examine the behavior script again to see how
its done. its all lingo and I use javascript. I'm currently working on some 2D
stuff so I'll get back to the 3D later. I really appreciate all your help with
such a simple matter. once I have figured it out I'll make a new post directed
at those who might use Carrara to export. One day I'll be able to afford 3DS
Max :D

It seems that Director is way more powerful than flash, so now I can do things
in director that I couldn't in flash. Boy I'm a happy camper.

Thanks again,
Sharky

[enrique_rodriguez]

well, let see what would be the problem:

(it can sound fool but listen anyway, this s what would do)

1.-if the model hasn't a name it will not be counted in the model.count method.
so check again if are already named.
2.- use the debug method instead the object inspector. with this method you
will know if your lines of code have been called .
3.- use member("3dname") instead sprite(1).member
4,. use addToWorld method to add the model to the member
5.- use message window to check methods (dont create a new behavior )

if nothing works, open a carrara post

[Sharkmenace]

Once again, thank you all for helping.
Here's the deal. As far as I can tell, the problem was with using JavaScript
syntax. I tried several 3D commands including the one I was struggling with in
Lingo <yuk> and behold! All that I ask for was given to me in vivid script
detail. I will research this some more. I've never liked Lingo (no offense). So
it was difficult for me to even try it this way. I can't believe it worked. If
anyone knows how to script 3D with javascript syntax (it should be possible
according to the docs) please post here. It would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. Carrara 4 gets the green flag.

[Dharmak]

I'm new to Flex and I'm learning how to use it in conjunction with WebServices.
Creating my own page and and service, to get a feel for Flex, I seem to have
run into my first hurdle. My data isn't getting to my Grid. I used the Network
Monitor and i do see the data in the Webservice Event :: OnResult Summary.
Can anyone point out my error and correct me.

Thanks



<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml" xmlns="*">
<mx:WebService wsdl="http://localhost/MyWebService/Service1.asmx?wsdl"
id="webservice1">
<mx:operation name="HelloWorld"><mx:request></mx:request></mx:operation>
<mx:operation name="GetList"><mx:request></mx:request></mx:operation>
</mx:WebService>
<mx:Model id="employee">{webservice1.GetList.result}</mx:Model>

<mx:Button label="Get Data" click="webservice1.GetList.send()"/>
<mx:TabNavigator>
<mx:Canvas label="Grid" height="200" width="300">
<mx:DataGrid id="grid" dataProvider="{webservice1.GetList.result}">
<mx:columns>
<mx:Array>
<mx:DataGridColumn columnName="Extension" headerText="Extension"
width="110"/>
<mx:DataGridColumn columnName="FirstName" headerText="Name" width="110"/>
</mx:Array>
</mx:columns>
</mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Canvas>
</mx:TabNavigator>
</mx:Application>

[ntsiii]

Your code looks ok, except that you are not using the mx:Model at all, your
data provider is pointing directly at the webservice result object.

You might try dataProvider="{employee}"

When Flex puts the web service xml into the mx:Model, it serializes the xml
into an mx:Object. The problem is that the exact structure of the resulting
object is not always obvious. You problem is probably the dataProvider
reference. The reference needs to resolve to an array, and might nt be quite
correct. It might be something like webservice1.GetList.result[0]

It is difficult to debug binding references. For this reason, I prefer to get
my data service result in a result handler function where I can inspect it
(debug, trace, alert) in order to figure out the correct reference.

Tracy

[Dharmak]

Tracy,
After many hours of debugging, i finally found out why the data from the model
wasn't getting to the grid.

This is the beginning output from my WebService as it looks in Flex, using the
Network Monitor:
[object] :
diffgram[object] :
NewDataSet[object] :
Employees[array] .......

So what i did was this:
<mx:Model id="modEmployee">
{webservice1.GetList.result.diffgram.NewDataSet.Em ployees}
</mx:Model>

Then the data would show up in the grid when i click the button.

Based on the documentations I've read, i don't think i'm suppose to write the
model like above, so what could i be doing wrong?
Is it in the creation of my Web Service?
I'm using .NET to create my Web Service.

[ntsiii]

What did you read in the docs that makes you think this is not ok?

I see no problem with it.

Tracy

[ntsiii]

Also, you don't really need the model, you could use the same expression to bind to the dataprovider directly.

dataprovider="{webservice1.GetList.result.diffgram .NewDataSet.Employees}"